Photon Statistics of Random Lasers with Resonant Feedback
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- 14 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 86 (20) , 4524-4527
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.4524
Abstract
We have measured the photon statistics of random lasers with resonant feedback. With an increase of the pump intensity, the photon number distribution in a single mode changes continuously from Bose-Einstein distribution at the threshold to Poisson distribution well above the threshold. The second-order correlation coefficient drops gradually from 2 to 1. By comparing the photon statistics of a random laser with resonant feedback and that of a random laser with nonresonant feedback, we illustrate very different lasing mechanisms for the two types of random lasers.Keywords
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